Home · Maps · About

Home > SubChat

[ Post a New Response | Return to the Index ]

(1424870)

view threaded

Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jan 21 21:42:05 2017

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr


Post a New Response

(1424901)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Jan 22 07:40:31 2017, in response to Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jan 21 21:42:05 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
Outstanding video. Nice to see the ferry boat "The Tides" before being sent to Governor's Island .

Any idea what year this was filmed ?

Bill Newkirk

Post a New Response

(1424924)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by chud1 on Sun Jan 22 11:34:56 2017, in response to Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jan 21 21:42:05 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars for this video.
chud1.
:).....

Post a New Response

(Sponsored)

iPhone 6 (4.7 Inch) Premium PU Leather Wallet Case - Red w/ Floral Interior - by Notch-It

(1424928)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by italianstallion on Sun Jan 22 11:47:56 2017, in response to Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jan 21 21:42:05 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
Nice. Where's Vol. 1?



Post a New Response

(1424933)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by JohnnyMints on Sun Jan 22 11:57:16 2017, in response to Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jan 21 21:42:05 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
Outstanding video. Pretty crazy that all of that is pretty much gone.

Post a New Response

(1424936)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Jan 22 12:06:44 2017, in response to Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by italianstallion on Sun Jan 22 11:47:56 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
Here goes. Covers the transition from steam to diesel. Lots of color footage of the passenger 4-6-2s.



Post a New Response

(1424939)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by chud1 on Sun Jan 22 12:11:44 2017, in response to Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Jan 22 12:06:44 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars for this video!
chud1.
:).....

Post a New Response

(1424941)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by Alan Follett on Sun Jan 22 12:40:37 2017, in response to Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Jan 22 07:40:31 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
No later than 1966, when the Atlantic Highlands service was discontinued. The following year, the Aldene Plan went into effect, closing the Jersey City terminal.

Alan Follett
Hercules, CA

Post a New Response

(1424944)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Jan 22 13:36:55 2017, in response to Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Jan 22 12:06:44 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
There's a part 3 that covers (though briefly) the rest of the CNJ main to the Delaware River.

Post a New Response

(1424961)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Jan 22 16:37:31 2017, in response to Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Jan 22 12:06:44 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
Where's the location of the mini walterfall (1:21) ?

Bill Newkirk

Post a New Response

(1424973)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Jan 22 17:52:52 2017, in response to Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by Alan Follett on Sun Jan 22 12:40:37 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
One of the bigger errors of NJ transportation history. Should have taken the Aldene money and built a PATH extension to CRRNJ Terminal.

Then again, the PRR ought to have left Exchange Place open too, and have a downtown terminal for the Metroliner.

Post a New Response

(1424975)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Jan 22 18:10:42 2017, in response to Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Jan 22 16:37:31 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
It's just east of the CNJ Bethlehem station (built 1873 JFTR), which can be seen in the background a few seconds earlier. Looks to me to be the spot where the Monocacy Creek crosses the Lehigh Canal before flowing into the Lehigh River.

I'm not sure about the RDG Pacific there; the narrator says it's number 104, but I can't find that number among the G1sa types on any roster, where the road numbers begin at 105.

Post a New Response

(1424999)

view threaded

Re: Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport

Posted by Dave on Sun Jan 22 21:36:53 2017, in response to Color video of CNJ operations from Liberty Street to Elizabethport, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jan 21 21:42:05 2017.

edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr
Wonderful, thanks for posting this. Any idea how long the delay was for passenger trains when the drawbridge was raised then lowered? I know it depends on the size of the ship but generally speaking.

Post a New Response


[ Return to the Message Index ]